Halloween Movies and Music
Aug 15
Zombie movies have been terrifying audiences for generations. What began with eerie stories of the reanimated dead eventually evolved into full-scale apocalyptic horror filled with abandoned cities, desperate survivors, ravenous hordes, and the unsettling question of what people might become when civilization collapses. The best zombie horror movies do more than deliver blood and jump …
Aug 15
Finding the right Halloween movie for a family movie night can be surprisingly tricky. Some films are far too frightening for younger viewers, while others barely feel spooky at all. Fortunately, the PG rating contains a wonderfully strange middle ground filled with witches, ghosts, vampires, haunted houses, talking monsters, stop-motion skeletons, supernatural mysteries, and just …
Aug 15
Finding the right Halloween movies for teens can be surprisingly tricky. Younger kids may be perfectly happy with friendly ghosts and cartoon monsters, while older horror fans may want something genuinely terrifying. Teen movie night often falls somewhere in between. Fortunately, there are plenty of movies that deliver witches, ghosts, monsters, haunted houses, creepy dolls, …
Aug 15
Halloween movies have given us some of the most unforgettable lines in film history. Some are terrifying, some are hilarious, and others have become so closely associated with spooky season that hearing just a few words can instantly put you in a Halloween mood. From Michael Myers and Freddy Krueger to the Sanderson sisters, Beetlejuice, …
Aug 15
There are horror movies, and then there are Halloween movies. The difference is atmosphere. The best Halloween movies make you want to carve pumpkins, turn off the porch lights, fill a bowl with candy, and spend October night after October night surrounded by witches, ghosts, monsters, haunted houses, autumn leaves, and things that go bump …
Aug 14
October was made for horror movies. The nights grow longer, Halloween decorations glow in windows, leaves scrape across sidewalks, and watching something terrifying in a dark room suddenly feels like the perfect way to spend an evening. But with more than a century of horror cinema to choose from, where should you start? This collection …
Aug 14
Disney Channel has been part of Halloween season for generations of kids. Long before streaming made every spooky favorite available on demand, October meant turning on Disney Channel and hoping to catch witches, ghosts, mummies, vampires, monsters, or another trip to Halloweentown. Some of these movies are wonderfully gentle. Others—especially Don’t Look Under the Bed—can …
Aug 14
The year 2018 delivered an unusually varied collection of movies for horror fans. Michael Myers returned to Haddonfield, a grieving family discovered terrifying secrets in Hereditary, silence became the only defense against monsters in A Quiet Place, and Suspiria transformed a prestigious dance academy into a nightmare of witchcraft and ritual. The year was not …
Aug 13
Pumpkins are one of the most recognizable symbols of Halloween. They glow from front porches, fill autumn festivals, appear in haunted houses, and—when filmmakers get creative—sometimes become characters, monsters, weapons, or portals into something much stranger. Not surprisingly, pumpkins have also found their way into Halloween movies. Some films revolve around pumpkin patches and jack-o’-lanterns, …
Aug 13
Some horror movies simply become old. Others become part of the language of horror itself. Long before modern audiences encountered masked slashers, found-footage hauntings, supernatural franchises, and elaborate special effects, filmmakers were discovering how to frighten people with shadows, strange architecture, foggy graveyards, unseen monsters, psychological uncertainty, and things moving just beyond the edge of …
